Admission of elderly medical patients to fast track or standard hospitalisation: protocol for a randomised trial
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Admission of elderly medical patients to fast track or standard hospitalisation : protocol for a randomised trial. / Strøm, Camilla; Rasmussen, Lars Simon; Rasmussen, Søren Wistisen; Benn Madsen, Kim Hvid; Sørensen, Henrik Ancher; Schmidt, Thomas Andersen.
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T1 - Admission of elderly medical patients to fast track or standard hospitalisation
T2 - protocol for a randomised trial
AU - Strøm, Camilla
AU - Rasmussen, Lars Simon
AU - Rasmussen, Søren Wistisen
AU - Benn Madsen, Kim Hvid
AU - Sørensen, Henrik Ancher
AU - Schmidt, Thomas Andersen
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Emergency department-based short stay units (SSUs) are increasingly being introduced to provide accelerated care. The effects of treatment in SSUs for elderly medical patients are not well-studied.METHODS: The ELDER trial is a single-blinded, randomised parallel trial with 1:1 allocation between hospitalisation in an SSU (intervention) and the Department of Internal Medicine (standard care). The study is conducted at Holbaek Hospital, Denmark. Elderly patients are screened for inclusion if an emergency physician assesses that treatment in an SSU is possible. Eligible participants are patients aged ≥ 75 years needing in-hospital treatment of an acute medical problem and who are stable upon admission. The primary outcome is 90-day all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes include: length of stay in hospital, incidence of complications during hospitalisation, rate of unplanned readmissions and change in instrumental activities of daily living. We aim at recruiting 430 patients based on an estimated effects size of reducing mortality by 10%. All outcome measures will be assessed in an intention-to-treat analysis. Recruitment started on 5 January 2015. By 16 October 2015, we have enrolled 203 patients. An interim safety analysis is scheduled.CONCLUSION: In the ELDER trial, we explore benefits and harms related to treatment in an SSU for elderly medical patients compared with standard hospitalisation.FUNDING: Region Zealand's Forskningsfond, the Tryg Foundation and University of Copenhagen.TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02395718.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Emergency department-based short stay units (SSUs) are increasingly being introduced to provide accelerated care. The effects of treatment in SSUs for elderly medical patients are not well-studied.METHODS: The ELDER trial is a single-blinded, randomised parallel trial with 1:1 allocation between hospitalisation in an SSU (intervention) and the Department of Internal Medicine (standard care). The study is conducted at Holbaek Hospital, Denmark. Elderly patients are screened for inclusion if an emergency physician assesses that treatment in an SSU is possible. Eligible participants are patients aged ≥ 75 years needing in-hospital treatment of an acute medical problem and who are stable upon admission. The primary outcome is 90-day all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes include: length of stay in hospital, incidence of complications during hospitalisation, rate of unplanned readmissions and change in instrumental activities of daily living. We aim at recruiting 430 patients based on an estimated effects size of reducing mortality by 10%. All outcome measures will be assessed in an intention-to-treat analysis. Recruitment started on 5 January 2015. By 16 October 2015, we have enrolled 203 patients. An interim safety analysis is scheduled.CONCLUSION: In the ELDER trial, we explore benefits and harms related to treatment in an SSU for elderly medical patients compared with standard hospitalisation.FUNDING: Region Zealand's Forskningsfond, the Tryg Foundation and University of Copenhagen.TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT02395718.
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Denmark
KW - Emergency Service, Hospital
KW - Female
KW - Hospitalization
KW - Humans
KW - Length of Stay
KW - Male
KW - Research Design
KW - Single-Blind Method
KW - Journal Article
KW - Randomized Controlled Trial
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26931195
VL - 63
JO - Danish Medical Journal
JF - Danish Medical Journal
SN - 2245-1919
IS - 3
M1 - A5189
ER -
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